Birthday Card for My Sister! :)

Hello again!!!!  Today was my first day back at work after Christmas vacation...  Not fun to get up early, but very fun to see the kiddos again.  They were so excited to be back at school today!  They said it felt like they had been gone for 3 years!  :)  Anywho, I am back with another card today!  YAY!  This card is going to be given to my sister for her birthday later this month.  And, of course, I'm going to enter this into a few challenges...

Seize the Birthday- anything goes birthday, extra theme: party
Fusion Card Challenge- combine the sketch and the inspiration picture
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge- anything goes

A2 sized card

Birthday Bash- bird cut at 2"

George and Basic Shapes- oval cut at 4.41", triangles cut at W 0.95" x H 1.10"

Independence Day- gold background pennant cut at 6.88"

Cuttlebug- distressed stripes, Swiss dots

Peachy Keen Stamps- Animal Faces Medium

Sentiment- Vintologie

Glossy Accents

Twine

That's all folks!  Have an awesome day!  :)

Memorial Day Card

Hello and Happy Memorial Day!  I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far...  I have had a good weekend.  One thing that my family did was go to a local farm and pick blueberries (a ton of blueberries to be exact) and now I'm going to make some homemade blueberry scones!  Yummmmm....  I will post pictures and the recipe soon.  :)
It is my DT week over at Fantabulous Cricut!  Our challenge this week is Memorial Day:  Make a project using the color red plus anything that makes you think of Memorial Day (ie. a flag, military symbol, or poppy).  I love making patriotic projects!  I love this country, and I appreciate all of the military members and their families who have made so many sacrifices for our freedom!!!!  I haven't made any cards for Memorial Day in the past, but I just went in the direction that I would for any patriotic holiday.  This week I was lucky enough to be chosen to use some wonderful products from our sponsor, Wild Orchid Crafts.  They have amazing products, and I have already used them on another project which you can see HERE.

Independence Day- card base cut at 4.65", I *heart* USA cut at 2.76"
Paper poppies from Wild Orchid Crafts
White gel pen

Hope you enjoy my card and the rest of your holiday weekend!  Be sure to head over to Fantabulous Cricut and link up your awesome projects!  :)

Patriotic Card for 9/11 Heroes

Good morning everyone...  I can't believe that today marks the 10th year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks...  I remember that day like it was yesterday.  I was in college at the time, and I still lived at home with my parents.  My sister came in to my room and started shaking me and told me I needed to come watch the news.  My mom and sister had watched the second plane hit on live television.  I had to get ready for my morning class, but I remember not even wanting to tear myself away from the television...  I ended up going to class, and my instructor told us we didn't have to stay, but we could if we wanted to talk about what was going on.  I stayed for a little while, then I drove home to watch more of the news...  I went to work that day (in an after school program with first graders), and I just kept looking at the sky and thinking about all of the horrible things happening right here in our own country...  The kids wanted to talk about what was going on, and I found it hard to discuss this with first graders.  I didn't know how to word things, or how to explain it to them...  There was a candle light vigil held in our local Veteran's Park that night and I remember just standing there and crying...  I know I will never forget that day, and I will continue to remember the people who lost their lives, lost loved ones, and the men and women who continue to fight for our country so that we can keep our freedom!

Cricut 360 -create a card for our heroes
Sweet Sassy Diva- honoring 9/11
Papercraft Star- use patriotic colors

Independence Day- flag cut at 3.47", "freedom" cut at 2.29"
Cuttlebug- stars
K. Andrew stamps- Positive Thoughts
K & Company- Americana paper pack

Thank you to our heroes!  I'm proud to be an American!!!

Patriotic Star Shaped Card

Hello my blogging buddies!  I have been at the beach for the last 3 days, so that's why I haven't posted....  We went to Morro Bay and Pismo Beach, which are both beaches here in California.  I live about 3 hours away from the coast, and my husband and I decided we wanted to go camping, so we packed up the car and went!  :)  It was fun, but I am also excited to be home and, of course, crafting again!!!  I made this cute little patriotic card to (you guessed it) enter into a few challenges.  There are a lot of challenges going on right now that have the red, white, and blue theme.  I love this theme, and I have already made one patriotic card this year (you can see it here).  Well anywho, enough rambling, here is the card.... It's good to be back! :)

Cupcake Inspirations- create a card using the cupcake picture
My Craft Spot- use a star

Paper Playtime- use red, white, and blue & a stamp (I stamped the Happy Fourth sentiment)

Cricut Cardz- use a flag
Fantabulous Cricut- red, white, and blue
Whimsical Wednesday- patriotic, use bling, buttons, or brads (I used little star brads)
My Sheri Crafts- Independence Day
Scrappy Moms Stamps- use a patriotic cut
Use it Tuesday- use red, white, and blue & something from your stash (I used these brads for the first time)

Cricut cartridges used:

Graphically Speaking- Star cut at 5" (I welded two 5" stars together to make card base)

Independence Day-  I {heart} USA cut at 2.53", flag cut at 1.24"

My Pink Stamper stamps- Happiest Moments

Fiskars blue glitter gel pen

White gel pen

Star brads (The Paper Studio)

On the I {heart} USA, I cut it twice and then cut the heart out from one of the cuts, then I traced and filled in the inside of the letters with my blue gel pen.   

Hope you enjoy!  :)

Patriotic Card- MPS Blog Hop & Peachy Keen Challenge

I am in complete summer mode now!!!!!  I went to work today and cleaned up my classroom, put things away, and made copies for the next school year....  Now I can really relax and think about all of the summer fun to be had! :)  So..... It was perfect that the My Pink Stamper Pinkalicous Blog Hop theme was summer, and the Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday Challenge was a patriotic theme!
MPS Pinkalicious Blog Hop:  create something with a summer theme
http://www.mypinkstamper.com/2011/06/my-pinkalicious-blog-hop.html
PKS Challenge:  create a project that represents your country (USA!!!) and use a PKS face
http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/lets-face-it-friday-patriot-project.html

Cricut Cartridges:
Independence Day- card cut at 4.64"
Everyday Paper Dolls- girl cut at 3.24"
Home Decor- star cut at 2.18"
My Pink Stamper Stamp Set:  Happiest Moments
Peachy Keen Stamps:  Everyday Character Face Assortment
Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter
Stickles: xmas red, star dust
Glossy Accents
White gel pen

Enjoy this lovely summer evening!!!!